The Mirror "I Am There Inside" Comparison
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- čas přidán 4. 05. 2019
- A comparison video of different Phantoms singing the lines, "Look at yourself in the mirror - I am there inside!" This is absolutely one of my favorite moments in the Phantom of the Opera, and I get chills every time I hear this.
Apologies if I don't have your Phantom here (I probably don't know him or I don't have any audio of him) or if I got a photo wrong (I don't recognize everyone by face.)
I don't own anything. All rights go to the respectful owners. - Hudba
I should be doing homework but this is more important
I should've been reviewing for hours now but I've been caught up with these comparisons lmao
I'm multi tasking
It is
Was gonna like but seems like its not my first time😂
Indeed it is.
Baritones make such great Phantoms. They are able to crescendo on 'inside' like most tenors can't.
Which ones are baritones?
@@Tymala1 Norm Lewis and Timothy Nolen (not in this) are the only two baritones. Most others are lyric baritones. Although, I think Jeremy Stolle and James Barbour might be baritones as well
Ben Lewis is a baritone. So is Gerard Butler.
11:54 was particularly nice
@@scotthamp384 Cooper grodin and ben Crawford as well if you exclude lyric baritones from this.
I have 8 assignments due in two days and all i've learnt is to look at my face in the mirror, he is there inside
The horn part after “mirror” is so beautiful
I love when when the organ plays behind “I am there inside.” Wish they would do that more often
It is a new instrumentation. It will be added more often. As of today, that organ is going to be playing. And I'm kind of glad, because I like it more than the original
OOh i love that organ that played during Ted Keegans rendition. I wish they always did that. 6:57
At the end of every one of them
Phantom: look at your face in the mirror I am there inside.
Christine: aaaaaa
0:44 ... It seems like the phantom was surprised by his appearance in the mirror
"I am THERE ! inside..."
I love that part! It’s so dramatic! I always picture him saying “THERE!” And then pausing to make an intense almost comical face and then proceed in a comical way with his intense “IIIINNSIDE!”
Usually when I listen the songs or what the movie, this line get stuck in my head for several hours after a long tracklist of many other good songs.
Now after 15min of only this line, I might be doomed for the week xD
Also very interesting and nice to hear them all !
After seeing Ben Crawford live I have to say he is so pure and amazing.
Yeah I agree with you. I have seen Ben Crawford twice as the Phantom on Broadway and he is absolutely AMAZING. He is perfect for the role. I have also watched so many videos of his Phantom on CZcams. He is just so pure and amazing as you said. He is my favorite Phantom. I like other Phantoms as well, but Ben Crawford is number one for me, he is just so good at what he does.
YES HE IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH!!!
What I’ve noticed about my favorites is that when they sing “I am there INSIDE!” They don’t have a vibrato. They don’t get all flashy with their voice. They just smoothly and gracefully go up with no flash…That makes them sound more dreamy and enchanting
So true
11:54 Jonathan Roxmouth is amaizing
You have no idea how long I have been waiting for this
TIMESTAMPS (I will edit this until I have them all)
0:04 Michael Crawford
0:16 Dave Willetts
0:29 Masachika Ichimura
0:39 Cris Groenendaal
0:50 Mikael Samuelsson
1:02 Colm Wilkinson
1:12 Eiji Akutagawa
1:25 Steve Barton
1:37 Franc D’Ambrosio
1:48 Ethan Freeman
2:01 James Graeme
2:14 Jun Sawaki
2:25 Anthony Warlow
2:36 Davis Gaines
2:49 Kevin Gray
3:00 Mark Jacoby
3:12 Jeff Hyslop
3:23 Peter Karrie
3:33 Alfred Pfeifer
3:44 Henk Poort
3:56 Mark McKerracher
4:08 Ian Jon Bourg
4:21 David Gaschen
4:32 Brad Little
4:44 Laird Mackintosh
4:55 Scott Davies
5:07 Hans Peter Janssens
Colm Wilkinson sounds like nixxon
5:18 Jerzy Jeszke
5:30 Howard Mcgillin
5:42 Hugh Panaro
5:54 Paul Stanley
6:06 Mike Sterling
6:17 Saulo Vasconcelos
6:30 James Romick
6:42 Yoon Young Seok
6:53 Ted Keegan
7:06 Richard Halton
7:17 John Owen-Jones
7:29 Luis Armando
7:42 Juan Carlos Barona
7:54 Peter Jorde
8:06 Earl Carpenter
8:18 Zoltan Miller
8:27 Roy Weissensteiner
8:39 Matthew Cammelle
8:52 Gary Mauer
9:04 Thomas Borchert
9:17 Brent Barrett
9:29 Anthony Crivello
9:40 John Cudia
9:52 Ramin Karimloo
10:04 Simon Pryce
10:16 Richard Todd Adam
10:28 Damian Aleksander
10:41 Tomasz Steciuk
10:52 Alexander Lewis
11:03 Tim Martin Gleason
11:17 David Shannon
11:29 Paul A. Schaefer
11:42 Jeremy Stolle
11:53 Jonathan Roxmouth
12:05 Peter Joback
12:17 David Arnsperger
12:29 Mathias Edenborn
12:41 Cooper Grodin
12:54 Geronimo Rauch
13:05 Kieran Brown
13:17 Dmitri Ermak
13:30 Norm Lewis
13:41 Chris Mann
13:53 Ivan Ozhogin
14:06 James Barbour
14:18 Victor Wallace
14:30 Nicky Wuchinger
14:41 John Martin Bengtsson
14:53 Bern Forster
15:05 Fred Johanson
15:15 Ben Lewis
15:27 Ben Crawford
15:38 Tim Howar
15:51 Leonardo Neiva
16:03 Gerard Butler
John owen Jones is my favourite phantom, he has such richness yet softness in his voice
Finally someone remembers Paul Stanley played the phantom
Hugh and Ramin will always be my favorites. The depth that Ramin sings with and somehow is able to paint a whole background for the phantom and I’ve always appreciated how Hugh always takes a playful and different approach
Would you believe that Hugh did not want to play the Phantom at first?
@@scotthamp384 Hmm I did not know that
@@Missakiah there's a video of him talking about how he got involved with POTO
Crawford sounds so natural, fresh AND fluid, he Is the Best.
Anthony Warlow is one of the best!
I saw him!
When he does it strong Ramin is my favorite. Thomas Borchert blows my mind with how strong his voice is and Richard Todd Adams i actually saw live. He was incredible in the role. I will probably get flak for this but i also enjoy Gerard Butlers rendition as well.
Did he include ramin in third?
@@UnidentifiedGoldProductions Yes at 9:51
I also love Ramin's and Gerald's rendition! I really like it when it becomes clear and resonant. We're so blessed to have so many Phantoms to pick from!
I like Gerard’s as well. I love how loud and booming it is.
Why you will get flak for this? No way! Butler's phantom is one of the best....
Michael Crawford. I don't need to watch the video. Michael Crawford. The way he says it DEFINED Phantom for me as kid.
The ones that stood out to me the most were :
- Hugh Panaro !!!!!!!!
- Anthony warlo
- John Owen jones
- ben lewis
- earl carpenter
Honourable mentions:
- Ramin Karimloo
- Gerard butler
- Alexander lewis
- Ethan freeman
- Jeremy stolle
Hands down, Ben Crawford is one of my favorites. There is just something so amazing about his voice!
I absolutely agree. Having seen him live as the Phantom on Broadway twice, plus watching a million videos of his Phantom on CZcams, I can confidently say that Ben Crawford is my favorite Phantom. There is something so amazing about his voice as you said. Hopefully I can see him again play the Phantom soon.
Michael Crawford, Colm Wilkinson, Howard McGillin, Hugh Panaro, Saulo Vasconcelos, Yoon Young Seok, John Owen-Jones, Juan, Carlos Barona, Ramin Karimloo, Jonathan Roxmouth, Norm Lewis, Ben Lewis, Ben Crawford, Leonardo Neiva and Gerard Butler are my favorite Phantoms of all times (sorry couldn't just pick one). I watched each performance of each Phantom, and bro. No words my love, no words. Just passion, PURE PASSION
Howard McGillin was pretty amazing. Saw him on Broadway in 2007 for a school trip and was not let down at all
My picks on this list - Roy Weissensteiner, Alexander Lewis, Michael Crawford, Cris Groenendaal, Mikael Samuelsson, Anthony Warlow, Alfred Pfeifer, Ian Jon Bourg, Juan Carlos Barona, Henk Poort, Yoon Young Seok, early John Owen Jones, Earl Carpenter, Zoltan Miller, Simon Pryce, James Barbour, Nicky Wuchinger, Fred Johanson, and Ben Crawford.
This is absolutely one of my favorite parts of the show. It gets me every time.
Here are some that stood out to me:
10. Jeremy Stolle (11:42)
9. Anthony Warlow (2:25)
8. Ethan Freeman (1:49)
7. Ian Jon Bourg (4:09)
6. Earl Carpenter (8:06)
5. Matthew Cammelle (8:39)
4. John Owen-Jones (7:17)
3. Roy Weissensteiner (8:27)
2. Jonathan Roxmouth (11:54)
1. Simon Pryce (10:04)
Honorable Mentions
Gary Mauer (8:52)
Alexander Lewis (10:52)
David Shannon (11:17)
James Barbour (14:06)
Ben Lewis (15:14)
Nice choices👏
Red Wiggle has the best voice eh
Where is "I am your angel of music, come to me angel of music." That's my favorite song~!
Look at your face in the mirror,
I am there, inside.
The Mikael Samuelsson one gave me goosebumps even though I dont know what language he’s singing in
He's singing it in Swedish.
Honestly, Michael Crawford had the best build up imo. He has a subtleness that draws you in, and the crescendo really nails it. Most others rely on vibrato to sell it, where he doesn't really need it to sell it, but he adds it towards the end of the note which I appreciate more than constant vibrato
Well said
Something about the way John Owen Jones uses less vibrato on 🎶inSIDE🎶 catches me
I've seen Ben Crawford and Jeremy Stolle live, and they are absolutely amazing
Yeah I agree. I haven’t seen Jeremy Stolle live yet, but judging by videos of him on the internet, I can say he is amazing like what you said.
Ben Crawford is absolutely amazing. As I have seen him live as the Phantom on Broadway two times. I am planning hopefully to see him again soon. But yeah, Ben Crawford is my favorite Phantom. There is something so special about his voice and how he plays the character. He is truly amazing at what he does.
Holy crap, there has been alot of people to sing as phanton
Thank you for including some of the Polish and Russian Phantoms in your list as well ❤ i have watched tons and tons of comparative videos (of different musicals) and not many people give any thought to include them, on the contrary a lot of people stop at broadway/west end and they don't go for the effort of actually presenting actors other than the well-known handfull. Cheers from Poland ❤
If someone hasn't done it already, here is all the timestamps for those who wants them:
0:04 Michael Crawford
0:16 Dave Willetts
0:29 Masachika Ichimura
0:39 Cris Groenendaal
0:50 Mikael Samuelsson
1:02 Colm Wilkinson
1:12 Eiji Akutagawa
1:25 Steve Barton
1:37 Franc D’Ambrosio
1:48 Ethan Freeman
2:01 James Graeme
2:14 Jun Sawaki
2:25 Anthony Warlow
2:36 Davis Gaines
2:49 Kevin Gray
3:00 Mark Jacoby
3:12 Jeff Hyslop
3:23 Peter Karrie
3:33 Alfred Pfeifer
3:44 Henk Poort
3:56 Mark McKerracher
4:08 Ian Jon Bourg
4:21 David Gaschen
4:32 Brad Little
4:44 Laird Mackintosh
4:55 Scott Davies
5:07 Hans Peter Janssens
5:18 Jerzy Jeszke
5:30 Howard McGillin
5:41 Hugh Panaro
5:53 Paul Stanley
6:05 Mike Sterling
6:17 Saulo Vasconcelos
6:29 James Romick
6:41 Yoon young Seok
6:53 Ted Keegan
7:05 Richard Hilton
7:17 John Owen-Jones
7:29 Luis Armando
7:41 Juan Carlos Barona
7:53 Peter Jorde
8:05 Earl Carpenter
8:17 Zoltan Miller
8:26 Roy Weissensteiner
8:38 Matthew Cammelle
8:51 Gary Mauer
9:04 Thomas Borchert
9:17 Brent Barrett
9:28 Anthony Crivello
9:39 John Cudia
9:52 Ramin Karimloo
10:04 Simon Pryce
10:15 Richard Todd Adam
10:28 Damian Aleksander
10:40 Tomasz Steciuk
10:51 Alexander Lewis
11:03 Tim Martin Gleason
11:17 David Shannon
11:28 Paul A. Schaefer
11:41 Jeremy Stolle
11:53 Jonathan Roxmouth
12:05 Peter Jöback
12:16 David Arnsperger
12:28 Mathias Edenborn
12:41 Cooper Grodin
12:53 Gerónimo Rauch
13:05 Kieran Brown
13:17 Dmitri Ermak
13:30 Norm Lewis
13:40 Chris Mann
13:53 Ivan Ozhogin
14:06 James Barbour
14:17 Victor Wallace
14:29 Nicky Wuchinger
14:41 John Martin Bengtsson
14:53 Ben Forster
15:05 Fred Johanson
15:14 Ben Lewis
15:27 Ben Crawford
15:38 Tim Howar
15:50 Leonardo Neiva
16:02 Gerard Butler
Everyone: Talking about who's voice they like and who's voice isn't that good
Meanwhile me: Where the hell does this person got all the records from? 😐
Hugh Panaro's version deserves more love
Thank you for including Gerard in this
I find it interesting how the West End Phantoms have more soulful singing voices, whereas Broadway has the more traditional operatic performers.
Colm is an amazing Phantom. I saw him in Toronto multiple times and the resonance of his "I am there inside" gave me chills.
He and John Cudia will forever be my favourite Phantoms
I listened to this with the window open, so I am sure this line will be stuck in my neighbor's head too - all 5 of them.
Always Ben Lewis 😍
0:50 to 1:02 is amazing!
Colm Wilkinson is amazing!
@@joansouthernbuffalo8181 doesn't he sound like nixxon
a video i didn't knew i needed omg! can you do an "the mirror i am your angel of music" comparison? 🥺
As a Phan for nearly two Decades…Luv the Comparison Videos!!!!!!! Ted Keegan was my very first Phantom, Jul 5 2001!!!!!!!
Scott Davies hands down in my opinion The best Phantom ever 😍😍 4:56
Ohh wow....what a great comparison! Sooooo hard picking my favs w/ all these great actors, but if I had to pick, I’d say:
1) Ian Jon Bourg
2) Howard McGillin
3) MC
4) Gary Mauer
5) Jon Roxmouth
Wow you even included the today Brazilian poto!!!
8:51 Gary Mauer is my favorite.
Michael Crawford is always the best! His higher voice has so much ring and he sings so easily compared to the others. He's also got that creep factor that's simply a must! I like the others, but technique-wise he's 100% the best, and he seems to be the only phantom that doesn't have that darker, boomier lower end
First and last are my favorite Gerard and Michael baby yes
01:13
Eiji... He is a Asian phantom!!!
Anthony Warlow does Australia proud 👍
And Simon pryce aka red wiggle 😄
1:37 Aside from Michael Crawford, Franc D'Ambrosio is my favorite. Saw he and Lisa Vroman sing Phantom in a cozy little threater (Curran) in San Francisco. Absolutely amazing.
I love how you put your videos in chronological order
It’s funny that both brothers Alexander and Ben are in this they’re both amazing phantoms
Just curious, was that Paul Stanley from KISS?? Lots of fantastic singing here!
Yes! He did a couple of short stints in Toronto in 1999.
I love Ramins so much. Gerard’s is also my favorite, I love the power and the open space he has while he’s singing, and overall love his tonal quality
So you like the two that are easiest access to watch... sure that's not why
Love Gerard Butler’s!
Raw power and emotion!
😍🔥🎭
I never realized how much Ben Lewis and his brother Alexander looked alike until seeing them both in the phantom clothes
Is there any role Anthony Warlow can't slay?
Like...
Am I wrong for liking Gerard's? There's just something to the way he hits "I am there inside!" that gives me chills every time, it's just so deep and... hollow? I think that's how I'd describe it, very resonant. I seem to gravitate more towards the deeper, older sounding Phantoms and less toward the nasally or younger sounding ones same goes for the ones where they emphasize "there", it just takes away from the fluidity of the lyric. I also like the ones where the organ plays on "I am there inside", it's a very nice touch.
No, Gerard is one of my favorites, I love his style of singing and I think it especially fits the phantom. I think German is my favorite phantom
I also think Gerard was a phenom Phantom! 🎭
I've been doing my darnest to figure out who played the Phantom the first time I got to see the play live, it was in San Francisco, I want to say I the mid to lateish 90's, like 96-98, whoever performed the phantom that day was unspeakably the best singer I have ever heard and is one of the many reasons I pursued vocals and kept my deep desire to one day fill that mask more than any dream of performing on stage
Michael Crawford will always be my absolute favorite Phantom but oh my gosh! Mikael Samuelsson sounds…ahhh!! So good, beautiful and enchanting! And James Greene sounds so beautiful too! His build up is insane! I mean all of these men sound amazing! You have to to play the Phantom but Michael Crawford, Mikael Samuelsson and James Greene are my favorites
Oops I meant James Graeme
The Lewis brothers Alexander and Ben completely knock it out of the park! 👏👏👏👏❤
top 3 = john Owen jones
michael crawford
ben lewis
Nice picks
16:02 Gerard or Gerry Butler
Gotta be honest,Cris Groenendaal is phenomenal when he was phantom. Great and powerful voice he had
Anthony Warlow, my favorite forever and ever.
Tim Howar's boyish smile sent me 😖😤
15:38 for anyone asking
9:10
Gerard Butler, definitely. You saved the best for last. Love the movie.
Mikael Samuelsson 0:51 and Gerard Butler 16:02 feel so similar... very nice despite the different languages
1:49 4:20 4:44 5:30 12:06 13:30 14:18 16:03
Was Ramin Karimloo in this video?
9:52 here he is!!
I really like that the phantoms are so different in how they sing and play the part. It means that there's something for everyone. I think it would by kind of boring if we all liked the same couple of phantoms 😁 God thing we don't because then we wouldn't have the need for comparison videos like this 😄
My absolute favourite phantom is Swedish singer/actor/entertainer
John Martin Bengtsson ☺️
In this video he's singing in Danish.
He played the Phantom at
Det Ny Teater (the new Theatre) in Copenhagen when the audio was recorded 🎵🙂
When he startet to sing: Insolent boy....
(in Danish of course) it felt/sounded like the entire audience stopped breathing for a moment.
Goosebumps 😮 WOW!!!!
Tim Howar
Cada um mais maravilhoso que o outro!!
Michael Crawford, Dave Willets, Masachika Ichimura, Steve Barton, Anthony Warlow, Mark McKerracher, Brad Little, Paul Stanley, Saulo Vasconcelos, John Owen Jones, Earl Carpenter, Matthew Cammelle, Brent Barret, John Cudia, Ramin Karimloo, Damian Aleksander, David Shannon, Jonathan Roxmouth, Peter Joback, Mathias Edenborn, Dmitri Ermak, Norm Lewis, Chris Mann, Ivan Ozhogin, Nicky Wuchinger, John Martin Bengtsson, Ben Lewis, Ben Crawford Tim Howar and Gerard Butler
Why didn't you choose Ramin from the RAH?
And why did you include Cooper Grodin?
And why not Robert Guillaume and Derrick Davis?
Meus favoritos: Davis Gaines, Hugh Panaro, Gary Mauer, John Cudia, Ben Lewis, JOJ, Leonardo Neiva, Alexander Lewis, Ian Jon Bourg, Brad Little.
I think he wants her to look at her face in the mirror...
I think he's there inside... Im not sure tho
Gerard Butler and Paul Stanley are better phantoms then all of the others
My all time favourite will always be ramin. But I saw Ben lewis onstages
I’m not really a fan of those who had the hard pause after ‘I am there’ I like the smooth transition tbh
와 팬텀역한 사람 몇명이나 되는거야?
300명정도는 되나???
It's the same with all the Jean Valjeans from Les Mis lol
Nice vid. They are all very good.
Here they are in order:
1. Ramin K.
2. Michael Crawford
3. Ethan Freeman
4. Norm Lewis
5. Colm Wilkinson
6. Gerard Butler
7.Brad Little
8.Davis Gaines
Looks like Bela Lugosi at 10:44!
Hugh panaro has the coolest mask
Ben lewis will always be my favorite!! :)
Wow, I didn't know Gleason played the phantom. I remember listening to a recording with Steve Barton as the phantom and in that, Gleason was Raoul!
Also, i never see anyone acknowledge Mike Sterling, who is phenomenal!
He's not in this compilation, but Timothy Nolen's was the best
colm, the red wiggle, jon roxmouth, joj, freeman, Jon Borg, carpenter, Warlow, Wissenmeier, ramin, stolle, ben crawford, the dude from Kiss, the lewis bros camelle, mauer and butler did the best. Karrie and Johanson was rushed, the OG raul and gaschenneeded tunning badly, joback and laird sound like michael crawford. Grodin sounds like the most american phantom ever. Barbour's accent was weird but he tried to sound french. Hank Azaira's accent sounds more french. Gaines looks depressed. Let me know what ya think.
Maybe I'm bias because I heard gerard before anyone else. But I like his voice the best because my personal preference is not a lot a vabrato.
For me, I’d say it’s not so much the lack of vabrato but the undeniably powerful sound that his voice had, especially in that line
Haha I have the exact opposite preferences. :)
Robert Casamassa literally one of the weakest voices in this whole compilation... there were like 5 other voices with (WAY) more power AND also had a proper vibrato and technique. Butler sounds so so soooooo undeveloped in his voice.
@@brandonbenitez9746 I know this comment is from a year ago, but idc...
I completely agree with you when it comes to Gerard's voice, however, there are some people who like that "untrained, raw" voice that he has...
Saying that the raw less trained vocals makes him sound more emotional...
I don't really agree with this pov, but it's a pov many people have, so I figured I'd at least bring it up...
@@dargelxd you’re right, but the fact he stands out as one of the only untrained singers isn’t a selling point for most of us 😅 The worst part is due to the movie so many people get exposed and think that’s how it’s supposed to sound, when videos like this show it’s supposed to be singers. How in the world could the character train Christine to be such an excellent singer and love music so much and then sing like that? It’s too out of character.
Gerard definitely got his version from Ian Jon Bourg
gerard❤ will always be my fav
Michael Crawford is unbeatable 😃
Michael Crawford is still my favorite and then Gerard Butlers
So many great voices, so many good phantoms!
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